COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — The Fireflies opened Spirit Communications Park in style on Thursday night, downing the Greenville Drive, 4-1. It was Columbia’s fourth straight victory. The first game in ballpark history saw 9,077 fans walk through the gates to catch the return of professional baseball to the Palmetto State’s capital. And it didn’t take long for the Fireflies to…
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a man found shot to death on a road in Newberry County was killed during a robbery that started when he met a man from an internet escort site.
Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said in a statement that 22-year-old Michael Spears shot and killed Jesse Sanders after kidnapping him from his Whitmire home and dumped his body Monday on the side of U.S. Highway 176.
Foster says the 62-year-old victim arranged to meet Spears at his Whitmire home on the social media website Backpage.
Foster says there were signs of a struggle at Sanders’ home and he was taken against his will to where he was shot and his body dumped.
Spears is awaiting a bond hearing. It wasn’t known if he had a lawyer.
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — On Thursday night, the Columbia Fireflies held their inaugural home opener at Spirit Communications Park on Bull Street. “I just like the facility it’s a beautiful park and i’d just like to see good baseball,” said resident Al Hornsby. The journey to opening day has been a long time in the making, including several years…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The state house battle over the “Bathroom Bill” continued on Thursday. A Senate subcommittee continued hearing testimony on the controversial legislation which would require individuals to use the bathroom corresponding with their biological sex. Senator Lee Bright, who proposed this legislation, and Senator Joel Lourie, who is strongly opposed, got an earful of opinions. On Wednesday…
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Department of Education is assembling a team to investigate why Beaufort County has been the site of half of the state’s school bus fires so far this school year. Agency spokesman Dino Teppara tells The Island Packet of Hilton Head that a group of Columbia transportation officials and state staff will conduct a…
NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. (PRESS RELEASE) — Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster has announced that an arrest has been made in the murder of Jesse O. Sanders. Sheriff Foster said that investigators from the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, State Law Enforcement Division, and Aiken County Sheriff’s Office worked together and brought every resource available into the investigation that resulted in this…
A man is wanted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department after allegedly stealing several hundred dollars worth of polo shirts on three separate occasions.
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) – One Lexington school is celebrating ten years of bringing smiles to hundreds of children around the world. When Pleasant Hill Elementary school started in 2006, P.E. teacher Thomas Cronin wanted to organize a way for students to give back. He found his mechanism for doing so through a charity he’d supported for much of his life:…
Richland County, S.C. (WOLO) — Senator Joel Lourie and Representatives Beth Bernstein and James Smith say it was an online news report with allegations of nepotism and pay offs happening at the Recreation Commission that prompted this investigation. All three legislators, who are part of the body responsible for appointing commission members, say these accusations are too serious to be…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — On Wednesday, dozens packed a Senate subcommittee hearing on a bill that would require individuals to go to the restroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate. Critics say the bill unfairly targets those in the transgender community. At the hearing, individuals on both sides of the issue expressed their opinions on the matter….
